Sharí Nycole sits down and chats with radio host , best selling author, public speaker and auntie , Bevy Smith.
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00:00What's going on, Essence family?
00:01It's your girl, Sheree Nicole,
00:02here with the one and only Bevy Smith,
00:05who, well, I just feel outdressed.
00:08I tried.
00:09No.
00:09Bevy, I tried.
00:10I got a little razzle-dazzle.
00:11You have the razzle-dazzle going on.
00:12But you still, you still make me look
00:16like I just got out the bed.
00:17This is just a Wednesday, bopping around the city look.
00:21You know what I mean?
00:22Easy breezy, I'll tell you a trick.
00:24Well, you actually have the trick on,
00:27which is an outfit.
00:29So you can just go in your closet and grab it, right?
00:32Yes.
00:33And it's easy breezy, and all you need is a shoe.
00:34Yes.
00:35So that's the reason why I wear so many dresses,
00:36because a dress is like the equivalent
00:38to a man wearing a suit.
00:40The man wears a suit, he's automatically well-dressed,
00:42because he's got on something that's together.
00:45It's a look.
00:46So for me, it's a dress, and then great pair of shoes,
00:49and then you're done.
00:50I love that.
00:51I was saying earlier to someone
00:53that I'm kind of a lazy shopper.
00:54I like to just go and get in and get out.
00:56So I look for sets because it's easier.
00:58Exactly.
01:00I kind of feel bad, like I don't do pieces,
01:01and I feel like I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
01:04No.
01:04But you just helped me to.
01:05Yeah, yeah, yeah, no.
01:06You're doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing.
01:08Well, that's time to be going through
01:09all these separates and things.
01:11I feel like that.
01:12Yeah, mm-mm.
01:13Matchy-matchy.
01:14Matchy-matchy is the way to go.
01:16And speaking of looks, what's one look,
01:18you know, as we're moving into the spring season,
01:19that you kind of have your eye on that you really like?
01:21Absolutely nothing.
01:23I am shopping my closet,
01:26and I don't really need much of anything.
01:30I have, most people have too much.
01:32Yeah.
01:33So I'm not really advocating for anyone
01:35to go out and buy a whole bunch of stuff.
01:37But you know, if you see something
01:39that's like a cute little trend that you're excited about,
01:41or something like that, that's fine.
01:43Like for me, it's more like a color
01:45that I'll probably be more attracted to
01:47about buying for spring than an actual item.
01:51Maybe there's a color that, you know, I love green.
01:54Green's a color of connectivity.
01:56So I'll probably pick up something green.
01:58Okay.
01:59Yeah.
01:59I'll see if I can find something green.
02:00I might have to copycat a little bit.
02:01Okay.
02:02That's okay with you.
02:03Yeah, that's fine.
02:04Well, you have a lot of amazing things going on.
02:06And one of them just wrapped, which is Harlem,
02:08the final season.
02:09Yeah.
02:10And I just absolutely loved your character in Harlem.
02:13And just the evolution as well.
02:14Yeah.
02:15And you were dropping a lot of gems this past season.
02:17That's all the writers.
02:18That had nothing to do with me.
02:19That is literally a scripted, you know, role
02:23that was not me.
02:24I am not Aunt Tammy.
02:25I am not that kind of aunt to my nephews and my niece.
02:29Aunt Tammy's a tough cookie.
02:30Yeah.
02:31And I'm a very kind of nurturing,
02:33kind of more second motherly type of aunt.
02:36But it was fun to play Aunt Tammy
02:38because she definitely let Ian and Camille have it
02:43at every single turn.
02:45She was not having it.
02:46Well, keep it in mind that your approach as an aunt
02:48is a little different in real life.
02:49But what did this character,
02:52how did this character bring to life a part of you
02:54maybe that you hadn't realized
02:56or a part of you that you were really excited
02:58to share with people?
02:59You know, I think what I learned from Aunt Tammy
03:01was that,
03:05you know, there's a time and a place for nurturing
03:09and there's a time and a place for tough love.
03:11And Aunt Tammy really leaned into tough love.
03:14Like, she was no nonsense.
03:17She called Ian out all the time.
03:20But she also loved him desperately,
03:22which is why, you know, in the second season,
03:24she loaned him all that money, you know?
03:26And then even like with Camille in the third season,
03:29when Camille was like trying to figure out
03:31whether or not she wanted to keep her baby.
03:33And Aunt Tammy shared with her her abortion story.
03:37And I thought that that was really
03:38an important storyline as well
03:40because there are so many women out there
03:43that are still making those choices.
03:45Do I have a baby?
03:46You know, there's so many women
03:49that are in situations.
03:50Do you keep the baby with this guy
03:52who you're kind of on and off with,
03:54which is certainly the story of Camille and Ian.
03:58And so it felt really good to be a part of a storyline
04:02that I know is important and is helping women in real time.
04:06And with that said, baby,
04:07because I was watching,
04:09I always watched Harlem like,
04:10oh my God, I could see myself reflected.
04:12And we're seeing a lot of our shows
04:14kind of come and go right now.
04:15And with what you just said in mind,
04:18how urgent is it for us to get to a place
04:21where we have a Harlem for eight, nine seasons
04:24or some of the other shows that we've seen kind of go?
04:25Yeah, I mean, you know,
04:27I think that what we're seeing right now
04:29is that one, the strike really did a lot of productions.
04:34And I think that Run the World,
04:37which was another phenomenal show set in Harlem,
04:40I think that's probably one of the reasons
04:41why it didn't come back.
04:43I know that there were lots of black people
04:44with production deals at studios.
04:47And that once the writer's strike happened,
04:49their production deals went away.
04:51But, you know, like a phoenix,
04:54we always rise, baby, you know.
04:56There's not been a time
04:59since we've gotten a real stronghold in Hollywood
05:02that we haven't had a place in the presence.
05:05I think right now the work that, you know,
05:07the Issa Rays are doing,
05:10the work that Ava is doing with Array,
05:13these are the things that we need to be focused on.
05:17The things that Mack Rowe is doing.
05:19You know, we're building these production companies
05:21and these studios, Tyler Perry, shout out to him,
05:24the work that he's doing.
05:25We need to be building our own production companies
05:28and our studios and different things like that
05:30so we're not so reliant on them and they.
05:34Yeah, and one of the things, too,
05:37that I sensed with a lot of people
05:39that I know, whether they're in the entertainment industry
05:41or otherwise, is there's this angst
05:43and an unsettling feeling that a lot of people are having
05:46just because of what's going on in our country
05:48and in our world right now.
05:49And, you know, your mantra, it gets better,
05:51it gets greater later, comes to mind for me
05:53because I think a lot of people are kind of in a place
05:55where they can't really see or feel that.
05:58So what say you to someone who's like,
06:00baby, I hear you, it gets greater later, I guess,
06:02but right now, I don't feel that way.
06:05Well, here's the thing about it all is that,
06:08you know, for the first day of Black History Month,
06:10I actually was at the National Museum
06:13of African American History and Culture, the Blacksonian.
06:16And when you go to that museum,
06:18you are reminded by how much we have overcome,
06:23about how much we've been under duress.
06:26When we got out of slavery, we built,
06:29instantly, we built universities and towns
06:32and businesses and banks and all of that.
06:35Of course, they came and they burned them down
06:37and did different things like that,
06:38but it still, we rise, it still, we rise.
06:42They cannot stop us.
06:44So we have to understand that what's happening right now
06:47is literally a response to the fact that they understand
06:49that they can't really stop us.
06:51So they're throwing out everything that they can to do so.
06:55Now, the trick is is that we have to not let
06:58the emotional part of this barrage of bans
07:04and striking down of laws,
07:05we cannot allow it to take us off our A game.
07:08And our A game is simply that we are not only survivors,
07:11but we know how to thrive under duress.
07:15Yes.
07:15We built amazing things with far less
07:18than we have right now.
07:20So you mean to tell me with all the educated people
07:22that we have in every sector that you can imagine,
07:26with all the wealth that black people have
07:28in every imaginable sector,
07:30you mean to tell me that they're going to be able
07:31to stop something?
07:33No, they can't.
07:34And they know that.
07:35And that's the reason why they're acting up.
07:38So I just keep it moving.
07:40But I also have deep and unshakable faith in us
07:44and in God.
07:46Well, you say keep it moving and unshakable faith
07:48and it's showing itself up in your mentorship.
07:50And you have two tiers to your dinner with Betty.
07:52So the first one is for the celebrity community,
07:57who we love.
07:58And you just had one recently in Atlanta.
08:01Yeah, in Atlanta.
08:03Shout out to you in Atlanta.
08:05Yeah, I just had one in Atlanta for Cynthia Bailey
08:08and the presenting sponsor was Weight Watchers.
08:11And it was a great event.
08:12And it was great to be there with Cynthia,
08:14who I've known for decades at this point.
08:17And she was like, through menopause, my body is changing.
08:21And I just want to, you know, kickstart my wellness.
08:25And I'm right there in that same situation with her.
08:27So it was great to be in the room with Cynthia
08:30and hear her story, tell my story,
08:32and then just have other dynamic women there.
08:35Her co-stars from RHOA, the newest cast members, were there.
08:41As well as, you know, Jasmine Guy was there
08:44and Rashaan Ali, who you know.
08:46And Egypt Sherrod was there.
08:48So, you know, it was really great
08:50to have those women in the room.
08:51And also, we also had Crystal Renee from BET.
08:57You had Terry J. Vaughn there.
08:58And Terry J. Vaughn was there as well.
09:00Yeah, so we had some really great, amazing women
09:02in the room.
09:03And that's what it's about,
09:04connectivity, fellowship, and everything.
09:07And then that also continues on to my public event,
09:10which is Dining With Beverly Life of Vision.
09:12We're doing our first one of 2025
09:16on March 29th in New York City.
09:18I'm so.
09:19Yeah, it's open to the public.
09:21You have to apply.
09:22You do have to pay once you're accepted,
09:25but you have to apply.
09:26Do you want to talk about the questions?
09:28Yes, I was going to ask you,
09:29because I didn't want to give it away,
09:30because I wasn't sure if people had to wait
09:31until they applied.
09:33But this application process is incredible.
09:34Yeah, I want them to know,
09:35and I'm so glad that you connected with the questions.
09:38The first question is, that you have to answer,
09:40is who are you at your core?
09:43I don't want to know about you being a wife,
09:45and a mother, and a boss bitch,
09:48and all the other kind of characteristics
09:51that we apply to ourselves.
09:53These are all things that we do.
09:55These are not things that we are.
09:57So in our spirit, in our core, who are we?
10:00And my answer is, I am curious, I'm adventurous,
10:05I'm empathetic, and I'm also a leader and a teacher.
10:08Those are things that I am, just who I am naturally.
10:11And I think that that shows in my career choices as well.
10:15But one of the reasons why I've been so successful
10:17at my current life of being an actress,
10:21and a radio host, and an author, and all the things,
10:26it's because I know who I am at my core.
10:28And my core values are always aligned
10:32with what I'm doing for a living.
10:34So nothing that I do to make money
10:36does not hit a curious, adventurous,
10:40empathetic, leader, teacher.
10:42Everything I do for a living
10:44aligns with those core values.
10:46So once you start to know who you are at your core,
10:48then you can start building your brand.
10:52Yeah, and then the second question is,
10:53the tough one for me, I think,
10:56is, because you got to look at yourself.
10:58It is tough, it is tough.
11:00You know, how are you being perceived?
11:01That's a heavy one.
11:02That's a heavy one, right?
11:04Okay, so I'll tell you my blind spots,
11:05and you tell me yours, okay?
11:08My blind spot is, I give very good advice,
11:11but my delivery is horrible, it's trash.
11:14I'm way too stringent when I tell people
11:19what I believe they should be doing,
11:21which is the first problem.
11:22But when I give advice, oftentimes it comes off
11:26as caustic, and hard, and judgmental.
11:29And I've also found that if I'm giving people
11:32good advice, but it's the wrong delivery,
11:35then it's worthless, because they can't receive it.
11:39So all of it goes out the window.
11:42And so then what was it all for?
11:44So what are your blind spots?
11:45I have two, they're distinct.
11:47First one is my tone.
11:48When I'm working, I don't realize my tone sometimes.
11:51Sometimes you can be short.
11:52It can be a bit abrasive.
11:53It's assertive, because in my mind,
11:57I know what I'm saying and talking about,
11:59but the delivery is a bit abrasive.
12:01And other people that are close to me
12:03had to tell me that.
12:04And it's mainly when I'm working
12:05in a concentrated kind of state.
12:07So I've really tried to work on that.
12:09And the other is I tend to have more faith
12:12for others than I do for myself.
12:15So I can tell you, if you say,
12:16hey, I wanna start this business,
12:18you're gonna start that business,
12:19you're gonna do great.
12:19But putting it back on me, I'm not so sure.
12:22So those are my two big ones for me to work on.
12:25I love that.
12:26And I love that you've done the work
12:28to be self-aware.
12:29So that's the first step, right?
12:31Because so many people can't even tell you
12:34how they're being perceived in a negative fashion.
12:37Because most of us are taught to just kind of like,
12:40especially women and men that apply to
12:44Dining With Bevy Life Vision,
12:45what I've found is that they're high achievers.
12:48And if you're a high achiever, guess what happens?
12:51You kind of put aside anything
12:54that is perceived as negative.
12:56Because you're successful.
12:58So if you're successful, what could possibly be wrong?
13:01There's a lot of successful people
13:03that have a lot of things that they can work on
13:05in regards to their emotional intelligence.
13:08And that's really what we're talking about
13:10when I'm asking these three questions.
13:12If we're trying to get to the root
13:13of your emotional intelligence.
13:15And then the third question is,
13:17how would you like to be perceived?
13:19So I have a book called Bevelations.
13:22And the subtitle is, Lessons from a Mother, Auntie, Bestie.
13:25What I realized is that because I am a teacher,
13:28and because I am empathetic,
13:30those are things that are core to me.
13:31They're germane to who I am.
13:33But they were not, people weren't able
13:36to always see that part of me.
13:38Because the abrasive, the tone,
13:41the judgmental part was showing up.
13:43And then you feel bad.
13:44You're like, no, I'm trying to help.
13:45And they're like, you're mean.
13:47You're like, what?
13:48You're a B word, yeah.
13:50So what I had to do was correct how I was being perceived.
13:56And now I show up as that mother, auntie, bestie.
13:59That's the reason why people could connect so well
14:01to Aunt Tammy, because they're like,
14:03oh yeah, but even though she was tough,
14:05she was telling Camille Wright or what have you.
14:07And in my own life, what I've found is that
14:10so many people reach out to me on social media.
14:12Can I get a, can I have tea with you?
14:15Can we have lunch?
14:16Can I just, I just need mentorship.
14:18I need to talk to someone and things like that,
14:21which is why I created Dining With Bevy like Revision.
14:23Because I can't meet with everyone one-on-one.
14:25But you can come to this event.
14:27It's an intimate event.
14:28It's only 50 people.
14:29And you have to apply.
14:31And what I've found now is that people apply,
14:33but they don't want to do the work.
14:35So they give me very shallow answers,
14:37and then I send it back to them.
14:39And sometimes they just drop off.
14:40And you look at every single application.
14:42I read every single application.
14:43Which is why I was saying to you in the moment of candor,
14:46you asked me how many times I do,
14:47and I said, I don't do it a lot.
14:49Because based on how much my time is worth,
14:53my spiritual self is happy to do this work.
14:59But from a monetary point of view,
15:02I don't make the amount of money
15:06at doing life revision that I do
15:09simply just showing up somewhere
15:10and speaking for 30 minutes and getting the bag.
15:13So I don't do them a lot.
15:15But I do them when my spirit calls me to do so.
15:18And so my spirit called me to do it
15:20on March 29th in New York City.
15:22And I'm going to do it, and it's going to be great.
15:24And I have something that I'm announcing here
15:26for the first time.
15:27I want an announce exclusive.
15:29Demetria Lucas will be my guest.
15:32So Demetria Lucas, who everyone loves,
15:34who has become this amazing woman
15:38who travels the world and who has written books
15:42and just really, with her Ratchet and Respectable platform
15:47has really illuminated the idea
15:50of what a black woman could be.
15:52She can be Ratchet and Respectable.
15:54She can be a world traveler.
15:55She can be a proud girl from the DMV area,
15:59but she can also be a global citizen.
16:01And so I'm excited to have her on
16:03because one of the things that she's done
16:04that has even inspired me, even though I'm older than her,
16:07she's inspired me because Demetria has lived in Ghana
16:11and she's lived in South Africa and she's lived in Brooklyn
16:14and she's gone to all, doing all these things
16:17because she's following her passion.
16:19And the big part of living a fulfilled life
16:21and having a life with vision
16:23is actually following your passions.
16:25So she's going to be with me on March 29th
16:28talking about all that she's been able to do
16:31and how she's been able to do it.
16:32So I'm excited.
16:33That sounds amazing.
16:34I wish I was here in New York
16:36because I would fill out the application,
16:37answer all those questions and make sure I'm in the house.
16:40And I want to stick on dinner with Bevy,
16:43life with vision in particular.
16:45You mentioned earlier, sometimes people want to be there,
16:47but they're not willing to do the work
16:49to even get in the room.
16:50With that said, I think sometimes we struggle
16:52with having hard conversations.
16:54So when we think about when people are in the room,
16:56obviously without giving too much away,
16:57how are you kind of approaching conversations
16:59that may be a little bit more challenging to have?
17:01I love that.
17:02Or conversations that also kind of balance that out
17:04that are more edifying?
17:05So here's the great thing.
17:07Because I read every single answer,
17:11I know how to curate the room.
17:14So I'm very intentional about where you're seated.
17:17So you're going to be seated next to someone
17:20who also works in media, but in a different field.
17:23So you're going to create your podcast.
17:26You probably need to be with someone
17:28who knows the business of marketing
17:31and advertising and strategy.
17:32So I'm going to sit you next to someone like that.
17:35So everyone not only answers those questions,
17:38but they send their resume, they send a photo,
17:41because I want to know who's in the room.
17:43And that way we have a room that we can kind of trust
17:46each other to be vulnerable.
17:48As black women, it's very hard for us to find spaces
17:51where we can come together and not feel judged
17:54or not feel like someone's going to mock you
17:58for your feelings.
18:01So it starts with me.
18:02So I'm very honest and vulnerable immediately.
18:06I talk about the fact that I was a nerdy girl
18:09who was picked on.
18:10I talk about being broke from the age of 40 to 45.
18:14I talk about the fact that I'm now in the space of my life
18:19where I am pursuing a grand, monumental,
18:22loving relationship.
18:24So I show up the way I want you to show up.
18:28And so that gives everyone else courage
18:30and also gives them the feeling of safety
18:33that they can also do that.
18:34So every single life of vision, people cry.
18:39Every single one.
18:41Several people.
18:42As a matter of fact, I won't talk about it.
18:45But anyway, people always cry.
18:47And people walk away feeling seen, feeling heard,
18:51feeling appreciated, and feeling supported,
18:53which is all that I want to do with the event.
18:56Serve, that's the word that keeps hitting my brain
19:00as you're talking.
19:01And kind of as we close out here,
19:03we're still in Women's History Month.
19:05And you have moved so beautifully
19:08through your mom's transition.
19:09And thank you for sharing her with us.
19:11For so many years, I follow you on social
19:13and just watching you all story.
19:15When you think about how all she's imparted into your life
19:18and how that plays into how you're a servant
19:21even now for so many other people.
19:23Could you kind of break that down a little bit
19:24and what that means to you?
19:25Well, my mom was so giving.
19:27I always tell people that my mom passed away at 96,
19:30but she had two strokes that debilitated her,
19:33left her not able to speak and not able to walk
19:36at the age of 94.
19:38And my mother was our mother
19:41until the day she closed her eyes.
19:43She, first of all, had two strokes
19:47and should have died.
19:49Like in 94, you have two strokes.
19:50Normally, it's a wrap.
19:53But none of her children were in town.
19:56It was my brother and sister, their birthday week.
19:59And so we were all out of town.
20:01So I believe that my mother was a mother and said,
20:04I can't possibly leave my children suddenly like that.
20:08I can't leave them in the lurch.
20:09So I believe that she stuck around for us.
20:12Then, because she was such the matriarch of our family
20:16and she was in such good shape before her strokes,
20:19I think that she knew that we needed time
20:22to even wrap our heads around not having her in our lives.
20:28So she, as my daddy used to say, she went down slow.
20:33We had a year and a half with her.
20:36Being able to take care of her,
20:39being able to shower her with love
20:41and really care for her in such a meaningful way,
20:44in a way that most matriarchs will never really experience
20:46because you think about it.
20:48Anyone that's a leader in your family,
20:50they're the people that are taking care
20:52of everyone else.
20:53They very rarely receive intense and deep and loving care.
20:57Our mom received that.
20:58And then when she passed away, she waited until,
21:02they say, she went into hospice in my home.
21:06She lived with me for the last year and a half of her life.
21:09But when she went into hospice,
21:10they came to see us and they said,
21:12she will either wait for someone to show up
21:14or she will wait until someone leaves.
21:18My brother, my oldest brother,
21:20she had him, she was a single mother.
21:24And they lived, just them two, for 10 years.
21:27So that was her first child.
21:28It was her only son.
21:30And that was her life for 10 years
21:32until we came along, my sister and I.
21:36We were all at my house.
21:37My brother was watching my mom.
21:40She's in hospice, in the room.
21:42He leaves to go home.
21:44He lives three blocks away from me.
21:47I go into the room to take care of my mom.
21:50I'm talking to her.
21:51She's in hospice.
21:52Mom, what do you want to watch?
21:53What should we watch?
21:54And I realize she's not breathing.
21:56I call my sister into the room.
21:58She says her goodbyes and we have to call my brother.
22:02And what I realized is that my mom waited
22:04until her firstborn child left.
22:08She knew he couldn't take him.
22:12He couldn't take being in the room when she passed away.
22:16So she waited until he left.
22:19And then he was able to come back.
22:21And we were all with him.
22:23Because he was just in the room with her,
22:26you know, by himself, you know, 20 minutes prior.
22:30And then she passes away as soon as he leaves.
22:35She's a mother to the end.
22:38So I mean, like, when you have someone like that
22:41in your life and you see how much she's given,
22:45the sacrifices that she made,
22:47the way she instilled in us kindness and confidence
22:51and to be empathetic.
22:53And she was a very giving person.
22:57So all of that lives on through me.
22:59And I always say, people always ask, you know,
23:01where you get your confidence
23:02or where you get your sense of style?
23:04And it's all, hashtag, I gave it for my mama, you know?
23:08Lolly was the one and only.
23:10She was that girl, for real.
23:12And I carry her with me because she was that girl.
23:15Well, so are you.
23:17I'm gonna take that and run with it.
23:18You are, you are.
23:19And thank you for sharing that.
23:22Because she was, you are.
23:24And so thank you for all that you've sown
23:26into so many people.
23:28Countless people, whether in the industry or otherwise.
23:31And I just pray that God continues to give you the strength
23:33to continue to do the great work.
23:35Always a fan of yours through and through.
23:38And wish you nothing but the best, baby.
23:39And I think that, you know, honestly,
23:41that's the good work that I was meant to do.
23:43I'm put here, really, to inspire people.
23:46So I'm moving into my next book,
23:47which is all physical strength, wellness.
23:50When is this book coming out?
23:51No, I'm talking about the book of my life.
23:53Oh, because I see it.
23:54Because you know how there's a chapter?
23:55I needed to be at the Barnes and Noble.
23:56Yeah.
23:57So I just wanted to make sure.
23:58But you know how there's a chapter in life?
23:58People talk about chapters.
23:59This is a book.
24:00It's too big to fit into a chapter.
24:02So I'll be 60 in 2026.
24:06And November 2026, I'll be 60 years old.
24:10And I'm going to do planks at my birthday party.
24:12And I'm going, yeah.
24:14And pull-ups and all the things.
24:15Why did you have to pick the worst exercises?
24:17Because, girl, that's what I'm doing.
24:18Planks and pull-ups?
24:19Yes.
24:20You don't want to do a little piece of jump rope?
24:22No, planks and pull-ups.
24:23We'll sit up, we're doing planks and push-ups.
24:25Planks and pull-ups.
24:27Planks and pull-ups.
24:28And now my new way of traveling
24:29will be all based around adventure.
24:32Remember, that's one of my core tenets.
24:34One of my core adventures.
24:36Yes, curious.
24:37That's going to be now my new travel goals.
24:40Wow.
24:41Traveling the world to exercise.
24:44But not exercising like going to a gym.
24:46Exercise as in climbing mountains.
24:48Yeah.
24:48And, you know, running 5Ks on the beach
24:51and different things like that.
24:53So that's what's coming next for me.
24:55I'm super excited about it.
24:56I love that.
24:57Yeah, and you can train me since you're a former athlete.
24:59Let's do it.
25:00I don't know about the planks and the pull-ups.
25:02Well, I know you know how to do all of it.
25:03That's not really my ministry, but I can do the other stuff.
25:04That's your ministry.
25:05I can help you with the other stuff.
25:07Thank you so much for everything.
25:08Thank you, baby.
25:08This is so great.
25:10I know when someone's a good interviewer, so.
25:13I got an A.
25:14I got an A?
25:14You got an A, baby.
25:15Come on, I got an A from Baby Smith.
25:16You got an A plus.
25:17You got an A plus.
25:18Thank you so much.